Now that we know that the springboks are clueless with the wristies, isnt it time to bring in another spinner and close out all exits for them. Axar can do what Pandya can do with the bat, and I don't think he will have to do much either, with the way things are shaping up . Will Kohli bring Axar in place of Pandya?

SRT after 57 Tests:
Steve Smith's Test Career Batting Stats (including the ongoing Test):
SRT after 103 ODIs:
Steve Smith after 103 ODIs:
For me, Steve Smith is miles ahead at similar stages in their careers.

today india's batting was pathetic...but indian pacers ....again proved to be toothless... no bowler got more than 1 wicket ....shameful
and please - don't curse bumrah for no-ball..he had 59 other balls ....he bowled half of his bowls on the leg stump..pathetic and bhuvneshwar bowled too wide ....didnt bring lbw into play......this bowling unit will struggle good time in south african tour

Just saw a stat on star sports that ...
bumrah has 23 wickets in 25 innings with new ball i.e approximately 1 wicket with new ball every match .
bhuvi has 12 wickets in 22 innings with new ball i.e approximately 1 wicket with new ball every 2 matches .(0.5 wicket per match)
this means by wicket taking ability ratio (with new ball) bumrah has twice the capability than bhuvi with new ball...also bumrah beats batsmen edge on numerous occasions but not so with bhuvi .....
is this means that india needs to give chance to another new ball bowler in odis and grooms him to become good at death as well ...

Pandya will be a huge burden on india in tests especially overseas- cant regularly take wickets and also struggles against pace if its good length ball + he wont get 2 spinners in overseas tours...
along with dhoni, he is the most overrated player in team..
best player in team is an explosive bowling all-rounder who picks up wickets regularly..
will be thrown out from team like a used condom after overseas tours...lol

Virat Kohli's men will aim to bounce back and put things back on level terms when they take on New Zealand for the second ODI match in Pune.
After a stunning run of six consecutive bilateral series wins, the Blackcaps have put Team India in a shocking 'save the series' situation after they upset the home side with a six-wicket victory at Wankhede, on Sunday.
With the three-match series lying as 1-0 in favour of the tourists, Virat and Co have an uphill task in stopping yet another Kiwi uproar
Pitch and conditions
The last international match in Pune was a Test that didn't last three days. The ODI, prior to that, saw 351 chased down by Kohli and Kedar Jadhav. Runs are usually freely available at this ground, especially with short boundaries. There is no chance of rain.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, George Worker and Ish Sodhi.

Just for fun, since the group is dull today! So, here's my dream Indo-Pak combined ODI team... Mind you, I am going without stats right now. And I am considering players who I have seen. Here's my list -
Sachin
Viru
Kohli
Saeed Anwar
Yuvraj
Dhoni
Wasim Akram
Kumble
Saqlain Mushtaq
Waqar
Shoaib
12th and 13th players-
Kapil Ddev
Imran Khan
The reason why Kapil and Imran dont make it to the team is because the batting and bowling is so strong, we dont need outdated players. More importantly, Imran was too slow as a batsman to be accomodated in the present ODI scenario, Kapil has a strong chance of replacing Yuvi or Saeed.
I do believe this has to be almost the best combined team ever for ODI.
Please share your teams and your thoughts!